Re: Race springs?!?!

["Mike & Kristen Potter" <kmpotter@ix.netcom.com>]

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> From: Jay Docherty <jdoc@postoffice.ptd.net>
> To: scirocco-l@privatei.com
> Subject: Race springs?!?!
> Date: Wednesday, April 30, 1997 10:20 AM
> 
> Are the neuspeed race spring for a rabbit the same for a mk1 
> scirocco?


YES!! They are the same for all A1's no matter 8v / 16v whatever body 


 
> Here's the story to why I ask that question...  
> Josh Clark bought neuspeed race springs for his 16v through the 
> internet.  He said the guy that had them used em on a racing rabbit.  
> A few days after he bought them Josh decided he didn't want em 
> anymore.  He told me they would work fine on my mk1 scirocco so I 
> bought them from him.
> 
> Then they sat in my bedroom for about 4 months.
> 
> Today I was working on the suspension on my mk1 project and I brought 
> The old struts and the neuspeed race springs to a garage so they 
> could swap em.  However the "hats" on the top of the old springs were 
> much larger then the top of the race springs.  The garage called the 
> dealer and found found out that the part number for the stock spings 
> off a mk1 scirocco are different then that of a rabbit.
> 
> The question is...  Did Josh give me springs that won't fit on my car 
> OR did the guy that gave Josh the springs not give him the proper 
> "hats" along with 'em.?

He gave him the right setup for his 16v it didnt need new hats since it is
a 80& up.
It's kinda strange that your 80 had BIG hats according to VW catalogs the
BIG hats stopped in 79 model year. But I have seen stranger things when it
comes to what is SUPPOSED to be on a certian model,year, ect. Heck even
shawns 82 had a BIG hat on one side (musta been the prev owner?????) That
got fixed real quick with the new springs. Try going to the dealer &
getting either rabbit spring hats #171-412-341-A or the A2 golf ones are a
little cheaper & work just the same # 191-412-341
Just don't confuse the parts guy by telling him you want golf parts for a
scirocco just give him the pt# (it may save you the "it's a different car
so it wont work" syndrome & save you some time. I have a bunch of used
ones if your interested.
Those springs are pretty stiff but it's worth it for the better handling ,
so have fun 
C-YA 
Potterman
80 Scirocco "S" (with race springs & koni's)







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